"Charges are pending against him," FHP Sgt. Kim Montes said. "We do know he was in a stolen vehicle, we do know he does not have a driver's license."

According to witnesses, the traffic light at the intersection was turning yellow as King made a left turn onto Lake of the Woods Boulevard, the FHP said. Counts' car struck King's vehicle, which was pushed into a pole, troopers said.

"(The other driver) smashed into my son's car, which is now wrapped around a pole over there," said King, who rescued 11-year-old Nadia Bloom in 2010 after she was lost in the woods for several days near Lake Jesup in Seminole County.

FHP officials say Benjamin King, who was wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead at the scene.

"The force of the crash up against the pole, it was just too much," Montes added.